Tanzania - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Plastico is an organisation that educate society on best ways to reduce the plastic waste by change the Waste into cash. Were incourage to reduce the poverty and reduce waste at the same time. Plastic waste is gold, let us give society power to dig them

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Our environment get polluted every single day with plastic waste. What happens when were not take any action know? Environmental disaster in future time. Therefore is were the plastico idea come out. What if we will teach the community to take action of recycling those waste and making money? So the task of plastico is to join the community and teach them on how to recycling plastic and make the second product and selling to market. So plastico will provide education, machinery, and financial fund to support local poor community to produce the product that plastico will buy from them, and them plastico will finding the market of that product produced, and selling them, or donate to public such as school eg flower basket. So I believe that at the time community see the factors made by the plastic waste in their life, is were they will realise the plastic is gold that people are never seen, and when reach that time is were community will recycling plastic waste and make money.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Environmental pollution; The idea aim is to solve the problems of pollution made by plastic. All this will be made when the community will see the plastic waste as the gold and not trash. Poverty reduction; after provide education, and empower community with machinery and fund for starting recycling plastic. Community will be able to recycling and made their products and generating money to support their life. Community behaviour; by affecting one community will having the impacts to others. So I believe that the best way to be advised is through the word of mouth. Their for the plastico will not rech direct but indirect and making the impact to whole society.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

Environment protection. Community employment by reducing poverty. Environment preservation behaviour.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Community ;Though this project community are the first beneficiaries, because the community are the first to be affected by the rise of pollution in their sorronding environment. Government; good environment preservation it keep the community safe, and also its give the people abilities to participate in economic activity in good and healthy, and government able to fund other area of development instead of funding the hazard made by pollution.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2023-10-30

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

5

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

2

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Benso Temba. Legal affairs officer. Consolatha ngonyani. Public health officer Deusi juvents; marketing officer. Pauline : accountant officer

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://www.instagram.com/tairogabriel5?igsh=Z3JlaW9idmMzYmx5

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Environmental conservation & recycling

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

We are going to empower community to recycle plastic waste and made the second product which plastico will finding market for selling. So we teach them how to make money,will they preseve environment Also to keep environment safe and free from plastic, means the society will be free from disease eruption. So society will be healthy and productivity.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Community will benefit from the recycling activities. And they will be able to purchase their basic need included food, and also they will have environment which is free from impurities like plastic, and using those area for agricultural.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The more the plastic waste are been recycled, the more the chance for community to be free from disease. So let empowering them to clean their environment and getting two benefits. 1.safe environment ; for live happ life. 2.economic development. ; for fullfill payment for medical and other things.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

If we will teach community know, They will teach other in future time. And the more the innovated ideas will rise will join the move from were the education reach and adding new thinking and in life time the community will be educated and updated

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The target if to reduce poverty, to reduce population, and behaviour issues. All this will have 100% participation of all gender and women and girls will be priority during the application. By giving women and girls knowledge hope it will impact all community bellow the their line through them

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

By removing plastic from the environment, it will leaves the water bodies free from plastic and clean. And will be potential for support other activities that need water.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Community will have the ability to create the product that are needed in the market and then plastico will take action to selling them. So they will get money to finance their needs.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

The plastico will research and give out the best recyclable product that are value, and innovative to impower society.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

All gender are equal to participate

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

The city will be safe and free from plastic polution

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

We will be able to produce the product with needed in community.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

We will keep the environment free from plastic polution climate will be safe.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

We will reduce the number of plastic on water bodies

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Remove plastic waste on the earth.

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

All activities is legal and acceptable

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Joining with others organization to combat plastic pollution

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

3

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

4

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

4

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

The competition on recycling business is good and plastico will love to have more company that save the environment via plastic recycling.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

Yes. I financing them.